Ara Periyan

Led the mobile team in architecting and delivering new features across both iOS and Android platforms using Flutter, ensuring consistent UX and high performance. Collaborated closely with product and design teams to implement major features, including Snapchat integration, Premier Play, and Seasonal Recap experiences. Oversaw refactoring efforts to improve state management (Bloc), optimize navigation flow, and reduce app startup time. Mentored developers, reviewed PRs, and established team standards for clean code, widget testing, and scalable architecture. Worked with QA and backend engineers to define feature specs, analytics, and bug resolution cycles. Handled deep linking, custom sharing flows, in-app onboarding, and remote config for feature flagging. Managed release cycles, communicated changes via Slack release notes, and coordinated closed beta testing. Used tools such as Firebase, App Store / Google Play, BrowserStack, Sentry, and Postman as part of daily workflow.

Led the mobile team in architecting and delivering new features across both iOS and Android platforms using Flutter, ensuring consistent UX and high performance. Collaborated closely with product and design teams to implement major features, including Snapchat integration, Premier Play, and Seasonal Recap experiences. Oversaw refactoring efforts to improve state management (Bloc), optimize navigation flow, and reduce app startup time. Mentored developers, reviewed PRs, and established team standards for clean code, widget testing, and scalable architecture. Worked with QA and backend engineers to define feature specs, analytics, and bug resolution cycles. Handled deep linking, custom sharing flows, in-app onboarding, and remote config for feature flagging. Managed release cycles, communicated changes via Slack release notes, and coordinated closed beta testing. Used tools such as Firebase, App Store / Google Play, BrowserStack, Sentry, and Postman as part of daily workflow.

Led the development of the Stats FM mobile app to analyze Spotify and Apple Music listening data. Delivered complex features using Flutter with Bloc, improved app performance by 35% via tree shaking and lazy loading, integrated Firebase, Sentry, and BrowserStack for testing and deployment, collaborated with UI/UX teams for cross‑platform consistency, implemented caching and data fetching optimizations, and supported microservices deployment on AWS.